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However i would suggest that Sturt SES would be the closest resource to Stirling [since i assume this is regarding your equipment being taken away], but that STAR group are actually the authority who handle most of this role.
Perhaps it would be better to concentrate on Fire, RCR and HAZMAT training and response than trying to add another feather to the cap? I know the equipment was taken away, but as far as i know it was always brigade funded and trained and never a gazetted responsibility?

Indeed.  We've been told it's an SES responsibility, and to respond SES, although that may be because whoever wrote the memo forgot about the STAR group.
I should clarify that Stirling was never vertical rescue trained, or equipped.  As I understand it, there was a spate of car over embankment RCRs which resulted in CFS members working unsafely on steep slopes.  There was a need identified for equipment to make this safer, so the lowering and hauling system was purchased.  As such it was to compliment the Road Crash stowage and make a task, which was going to be done anyway, safer.

I didn't want to make this a discussion about CFS though, so if you want to discuss this situation, PM me or start a new thread.

yeah...its a definitely a responsibility that SAPOL/SAAS should have, it would make sense to have the this as Rescue 51 and 52 are the last resort action for vertical rescue. SAAS SOT would particularly be able to deal with physical trauma in a much more up to date fashion to.

I don't think SOTs carry any more than they need to get access to a casualty - they don't have hauling systems for extrication.

Most SES units have Vertical Access Capability, which it to get to a casualty and provide first aid, stabilise and ready for extraction, most units carry the extra gear for the extraction but may not have the accreditation, at the moment vertical rescue is a hot topic as state is making some changes so it will be interesting to see where it goes

Does SES consider high angle rescue to be the same as vertical rescue (equipment and training wise)?

Are all units trained and equipped for vertical/high angle rescue?  I've been told some of the hills units aren't equipped for rope rescue, but I find that hard to believe when Rescue from heights is an SES job.
It's a pity there isn't a fire-brigade.asn.au equivalent for SES...

Sounds like a waste of time to me... if anything perhaps one of the 'karma' type systems for users rather than individual posts.

Oooh, that could be dangerous around here...

I'm not sure if that will be useful, because it's a voting system which hides unpopular posts - it's not just a like/dislike button...

By the way, blue v green v pink... who really cares, but why would you want MFS/CFS/DEH crews all looking the same?

I care.  No matter how much you want to differentiate between CFS/SAMFS/DEH I still wouldn't want to wear pink. Surely you're not serious?

I think the green is good to look at who wants to look like another service some may say it it is a form of jealousy.

As Bundy said, if we wear green we'll look like SAAS, if we wear blue we'll look like SAMFS.  Wouldn't it be better to look like a fire service?

... They are slightly bigger ...

I hope by "slightly bigger" you mean "double the size".  Obviously a small pager is a thing of the past...

true but that would pretty much leave the CFS/govt nowhere else to go if something even more 'apocalyptic' came along

Apocalyptic 2.0? 

Those red corollas can make for a huge inferno though...

So it's possible to get a job at 1am to daily incident number 200?  Is there anything on the page that identifies what day the incident is from?

Random question:

How to Adelaide fire handle incident numbers past midnight?  If further resources get responded to an incident the next day, does it still have yesterday's daily incident number on the page, or do they generate a new daily inc number?

well...today was "catastrophic"..."Leave early or its too late"....and you questioned what it meant at midday?  YOU WERE TOO LATE!

I'm not talking about the fire bans, it's at the end of the weather when they talk about the SES heat warning, they say there's also a "Fire Weather Warning"...

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